Monday, February 19, 2001
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Freshmen's hot hands sink Jayhawks
By Zac Hunter
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sports writer
If you told the Kansas mens basketball team before Saturday's game that it would hold Iowa State seniors Jamaal Tinsley and Kantrail Horton — arguably the best guard pair in the Big 12 Conference — to a combined 17 points on 3-21 shooting, the Jayhawks probably would have been gleeful.
But if you told the 'Hawks that freshman guards Jake Sullivan and Shane Power would torch them for 40 points on 13-17 shooting, including 10-12 from three-point range, they probably wouldn't have been so happy.
The Cyclones' 10-for-19 three-point barrage in their 79-71 win was similar to their long-range attack in the first match-up Feb. 5 in Allen Fieldhouse. Iowa State went 11-for-17 from behind the arc in that game and won 79-77.
It was freshman of the year candidate Sullivan, who is averaging more than 10 points a game, who kept the Cyclones in the game
early as Tinsley and Horton stalled. He scored 12 consecutive points for Iowa State and helped his team to a five-point lead in the first half. Sullivan's 12-point explosion included a shot from about 30 feet out that sent the Hilton Coliseum crowd into hysteria.
"After I shot that, I thought, 'Oh, thank God that went in,'" Sullivan said. "I was just feeling it today. I worked real hard all week on my shot."
Although it was Sullivan keeping the Cyclones in the game early, it was Power who made sure the 'Hawks wouldn't make a serious run late in the game, scoring 13 points in the second half.
And it wasn't as if the freshmen were creating their own opportunities. It was the seniors who were setting them up. Of Sullivan and Power's 10 three-pointers, nine of them came through assists by either Tinsley or Horton.
"Kantrail and Jamaal are two of the best guards in the country." Power said. "For them to come down and have the unselfishness to give it up to Jake and myself, it shows what great leads they are."
And I think that's why we win ball games."
Despite the freshmen's outstanding play, don't expect them to be taking any of Tinsley or Horton's minutes. Even with both seniors struggling from outside, Iowa State coach Larry Eustachy chose to go with experience rather than the hot hand.
"You're not going to take Kantrail and Jamaal out," Eustachy said. "They are going to be in this game. That leaves one spot for two people. It would have been easy to slip Jane in there because Jamaal is struggling from the perimeter, but he's our guy."
Although they didn't light up the scoreboard in the points category, both Tinsley and Horton played efficient games. Tinsley complemented his 11 points with 11 assists and six steals and Horton dished out five assists of his own.
"It's not all about the offensive end." Horton said of Tinsley's effort. "Our shots weren't falling tonight, but we stayed in the game and played defense. We'll take the win."
— Edited by Jason McKee
Junior guard Jeff Boschee shoots for three at Hilton Colesium in Ames, Iowa. Boschee scored 19 points in Saturday's game against Iowa State. Photo by Jayie Roper/KANSAN
Kansas upsets Iowa State
Bv Brandon Stinnett
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
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No. 6 Iowa State's women's basketball team needed to flex its muscles after a tough loss to Colorado Wednesday. So who better to pick on than a Kansas team that has struggled all season long?
Not so fast. Cyclones. These Jayhawks don't go down without a fight. And as Iowa State learned Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse, sometimes they don't go down at all.
With a 69-61 victory, Kansas (10-14 overall and 4-9 in the Big 12 Conference) slapped the Cyclones (20-4 and 10-3) with their third conference loss of the season and dropped them two games behind conference front-runner Oklahoma.
It was Kansas' biggest win to date and the biggest disappointment for Iowa State — a team that at one time figured on winning a B12 title.
Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly said the Cyclones weren't expecting to blow by the Jayhawks. Fennelly was well aware of Kansas' three experienced seniors — Jaclyn Johnson, Brooke Reves and Jennifer Jackson. What he didn't expect was four
three-pointers from junior guard K.C. Hilgenkamp and nine points from junior center Nikki White.
"We get everybody's best shot every time out, and sometimes that wears on you." Fennelly said.
Iowa State turned over the ball 11 times in the first half and fell behind 35-29 at halftime. The Cyclones tried to rally in the second half, cutting Kansas' lead to 61-59 with 1:32 remaining. But the Jayhawks made five-of-six free throws in the final minute and secured the win.
It was the second straight game in which free throws doomed the Cyclones. Wednesday, the Buffaloes were 22 of 23 from the line. Saturday, Kansas made 17 of 20 free throws.
After starting the season 20-2 and sitting atop the Big 12 standings for most of the year, the Cyclones, the defending Big 12 champions, have hit a snag. Iowa State, second in the conference in scoring at 81.2 points per game, has averaged just 63.5 points in the last two games.
Cyclone junior forward Angle Welle said she isn't sure what's wrong.
"Everybody's getting a little frustrated," she said.
— Edited by Sydney Wallace
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